In the bleak realities of life today, there are found blessed assurances of the Trinity as found in the Father (Mother), Son, and Holy Spirit. From these divine persons there is good news! Amidst humanity's sin, God has provided a solution to our problem. The solution is God's Son, Jesus Christ. Through the sonship of Christ and his redeeming work, the apostle Paul draws out assurances of a new life. The first benefit of our salvation is "Peace with God." In chapter 5:1, Paul writes, "Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Paul writes with conviction that we have been "justified by faith." God has declared us righteous.
Read full transcript...It was a world of many gods. As Abraham set forth from Ur of the Chaldeans into an unknown future, he brought with him a new kind of faith. One God, who could no more be carved in stone or cast in metal than the sun be bottled up in some portable container. This was indeed novel in a world where deities of all types abounded in great mythical pantheons, deities more often than not at odds with one another. One God, Abraham declared. One God, Moses proclaimed. One God, Isaiah announced, who was holy, holy, holy, beyond all human attempts to package and control.
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